Using Ultrasound in the Emergency Department

Dr. Bankham: In this young otherwise healthy patient who's hypotensive after blunt trauma has a narrow pulse pressure, we're going to really quickly utilize our ultrasound as Caroline discuss and evaluate for per cardial fusion by that small black stripes and then the heart. And then if I could quickly do that, trans abdominal paracardial window which is kind of my favorite one. If positive continue our incision upwards for astronomy. But then if negative you'd be able to extend inferiorly to find because of that positive that you had gotten. You know certainly these, you know, ultrasound as part of the tamponade can be very dramatic. With obstructive shock it's extremely important